Join us as we celebrate the MFA|EDA Class of 2025 at the Center for Documentary Studies. Family, friends, colleagues, mentors, partners, diplomas, food, drink, revelry, his, high-fives. Come on by.

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Join us for an evening of short films, printed works, and pre-graduation fellowship at our home base, The Shop. Family, friends, MFA|EDA community are all welcome.

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

The Durham Medical Orchestra’s free spring concert will feature the winner of our inaugural Concerto Competition, Marisa D’Silva, playing Jacques Ibert’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Marisa has been an ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Join us and Letters Community Bookshop for a roundtable discussion of Bettina Judd’s book of poetry, Patient., facilitated by this year’s Anne Firor Scott Public Scholarship Fellow, Kelsey Desir. It ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Duke Chapel’s fifty-bell carillon is among the oldest and largest such instruments in the American South. Both the instrument and the recital series are named in honor of the late ...

For centuries, the church has marked the transition from daytime to evening with psalms, prayer, and song. Duke Chapel’s Choral Evensong follows this historic pattern, using the liturgy of the ...

Duke University String School presents its Spring 2025 Orchestra Concert, “Music of the Americas”. Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

The Duke University String School presents its Spring 2025 Violin and Cello Choir Concert. Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

Sponsored by Duke Arts and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Chicago-based new music ensemble, Dal Niente, premieres new works written for them by Duke graduate student composers; Erich Barganier, Josué ...

Please join us at the MFA Carpentry Shop on Friday, April 25th 6-9PM to connect with and celebrate one another in the spirit of experimental and documentary media. The MFAEDA ...

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with sports anthropologist Tracie Canada and award-winning author and MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib on race, exploitation, and ...

Join Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for a celebration and showcase of emerging documentary work. Everyone is welcome – students, faculty, staff and community members. View exhibitions of CDS ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

The Duke University String School premiers its Spring 2025 Chamber Music Concert. Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

The Duke Jewish Alumni Network (DJAN) is partnering with the Jewish Book Council to bring notable books, discussions, and author conversations to alumni and friends! The DJAN Book Club, supported ...

DAHOMEY (Mati Diop, 2024, 67 min, France/Senegal/Benin, French w/ English subtitles, DCP) — Discussion to follow with the film’s director, Mati Diop, in conversation with Prof. Felwine Sarr (Romance Studies) ...

Chamber Music: Culmination Concert II Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

Jewish Life at Duke is thrilled to invite you to the opening reception of our Portrait Identity Project on Tuesday, April 22 from 6:00-7:30pm. The evening will feature a gallery ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

INDY Week, the Triangle Area’s popular leading authority on local news, arts, music, activism, film and food events, is excited to host the Duke University Career Center for its first ...

Chamber Music: Culmination Concert I Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

Come celebrate the launch of the museum retrospective catalogue Pedro Lasch: Between the Lines, distributed by D.A.P. in the USA and Temblores Publications in Latin America and Europe. Thoroughly illustrated, ...

For centuries, the church has marked the transition from daytime to evening with psalms, prayer, and song. Duke Chapel’s Choral Evensong follows this historic pattern, using the liturgy of the ...

Grab your dancing shoes (or come barefoot) and join us at the Duke Campus Farm on April 19 from 5-8pm for a night of food, dancing, and live fiddle music! ...

2025 Duke Independent Film Festival Founded in December of 2014, the Duke Independent Film Festival (DIFF) is Duke University’s first and only campus-wide film festival. An annual event, the film ...

Choreolab Spring 2025: A Day of Dance Experiments invites you to experience dance beyond the proscenium stage. Throughout the day, the Rubenstein Arts Center will come alive with movement workshops, ...

Sponsored by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation On Easter weekend, a night of operatic scenes with religious and spiritual overtones. Performed with scenery, costumes, and piano accompaniment. Admission is free ...

A screening of final projects by graduating seniors in the Cinematic Arts major at Duke: Allie Brown ’25 – “Fish Bowl” and “Bad Sushi” Andrew Cao ’25 – “Our Tree” ...

Join Nasher MUSE and duArts to celebrate the student-curated exhibition, “On the Same Wavelength: Art Science & Conservation.” Enjoy art-making activities inspired by the exhibitions, student performers, and capture the ...

HATARI! (Howard Hawks, 1962, 157 min, USA, English, 35mm) Rare IB-Technicolor 35mm print! “If there’s one film that crystallizes what critics generally mean when they use the term “Hawksian,” it’s ...

Ghosts and Ruins of Progress at the Transamazon Highway: A film screening and talk by Brazilian visual artist Janaina Wagner April 17 at 5:30 Location: Smith Warehouse Bay 4, C ...

A listening session and presentation on 1930s women’s prison music led by Duke undergraduate Trisha Santanam (Trinity ’26), a member of the Rosetta Reitz Archive Bass Connections team and recipient ...

This talk emerges out of a chapter to be published in the multi-author volume titled Missing  Bodies’ Embodied Histories: Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women in Postwar Japan. The chapter examines ...

— Join us for a rare screening of two films by Jean-Claude Rousseau presented by Screen/Society and the Duke Experimental Film Society “Ever since the late eighties French filmmaker Jean-Claude ...

Students, faculty and community members are welcome to join the MFA|EDA and English/Creative Writing programs for the next gathering of the Text & Pix Collective! Hear from Tom Rankin and ...

Exploring the intersections of art, documentary, and social justice, panelists Mattison Bond, Movement History Initiative Coordinator, and Brandee Newkirk, Art, Art History & Visual Studies PhD candidate, are in conversation ...

Featuring a wide variety of Chinese musical genres, including classical, folk, and pop pieces, played on a mix of Eastern and Western instruments. Admission is free – No need to ...

For centuries, the church has marked the transition from daytime to evening with psalms, prayer, and song. Duke Chapel’s Choral Evensong follows this historic pattern, using the liturgy of the ...

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

Join us for collaborative program between Duke Campus Farm and the Nasher Museum. We will start with a tour at the museum considering art that helps us explore how humans ...

Duke Chorale celebrates its senior class with music about freedom from a variety of cultures and eras. Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

Join us for a night of celebration and connection plus amazing works of art created by people living with Parkinson’s Disease. The event is open to ALL and free to ...

On April 11, the CFFS welcomes filmmaker Alice Diop for a day-long colloquium entirely dedicated to her work Friday, April 11 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The CFFS, in partnership ...

Candlelight, darkness, mystical chant, and meditative silence are the hallmarks of Compline, or Night Prayer. The Chapel holds this ancient prayer service on Thursdays during the season of Lent, as ...

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

Join the Duke Wind Symphony as we present Finale Forte: Senior Night, a special concert featuring works handpicked by our graduating seniors. This evening will celebrate their musical journeys and ...

FACES OF SEOUL (Gina Kim, 2009, 93 min, South Korea and USA, Korean and English w/English subtitles, Digital) — Virtual Q&A to follow with director Gina Kim FACES OF SEOUL ...

Dr. Zelda Lockhart will share the unanswered family questions that led to generational research and the writing of her novels Trinity and Cold Running Creek. All will be led in ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Jazz and Gender Justice A conversation with Terri Lyne Carrington, Camila Cortina, Anthony Kelley, and Brenda Sisane As we cross into the second century of the music’s history, jazz has ...

Duke Symphony Orchestra presents “Senior Night”. Introduction to Khovantchina (1880)……………………………….Modest Mussorgsky Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20 (1896)……………….Alexander Scriabin Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1846)………………..Otto Nicolai Violin ...

Author Brian Goldstone MA ’07 PhD ’12 discusses his new book “There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America.” By telling the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta ...

March 17-April 9 Center for Documentary Studies Lyndhurst Gallery Multimedia Installation Photography, digital video, generative media Artist Hangout, April 9, 4:00pm Ziwen Liu (1999, China) is a multimedia artist working ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Open workshops adapt and apply purposeful play activities that include improv, creative writing, oral storytelling, movement, and other arts-based activities to a variety of pedagogical challenges and opportunities. This spring ...

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery 235 Multimedia Installation Memorial Service: An Artist Talk, April 7, 5:00pm Those who died return again again human documents a return in search of ...

Robert Parkins’s farewell recital at Duke features repertoire he performed at dedicatory concerts of the Chapel’s Brombaugh, Flentrop, and renovated Aeolian organs-including early Spanish and south German music as well ...

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

FREE, ticket required Sunday, April 6, 5:30 p.m., Carolina Theatre: Fletcher Hall Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was ...

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

FREE, no ticket required. Saturday, April 5, 8:30 p.m., Durham Central Park Fred Rogers transformed children’s television with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister who believed that ...

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Murthy Agora Multimedia Installation Artist Hangout April 4, 4:00pm Key to Timeless is an interactive exhibition that frames a conversation between two generations, on family, ...

DNME: System, Solace, Silence. Admission is free – No need to purchase tickets to attend.

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery 235 Multimedia Installation Those who died return again again human documents a return in search of traces of ghosts. We journey from the Gulf ...

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

FREE, no ticket required. Friday, April 4, 8:30 p.m., Durham Central Park. From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from a newly ...

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Murthy Agora Multimedia Installation Artist Hangout April 4, 4:00pm Key to Timeless is an interactive exhibition that frames a conversation between two generations, on family, ...

This talk explores the crucial period of the 1980s and 1990s as a pivotal moment for studies in African American Cinema, tracing the intersections of filmmaking, institutional activism, and scholarship. ...

Join Pratt Peers for a high-energy Bollywood dance experience! ✨ Get ready to move to vibrant beats, learn fun choreography, and connect with fellow students in a lively and supportive ...

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of nonfiction cinema. Each spring, Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film lovers from around ...

Candlelight, darkness, mystical chant, and meditative silence are the hallmarks of Compline, or Night Prayer. The Chapel holds this ancient prayer service on Thursdays during the season of Lent, as ...

“Always dare, never truth.” Filled with wit and physical comedy, Pierre Corneille’s sparking play about mistaken identity shines ever brighter in this English version by David Ives. Direction by Darren ...

6:00 PM Lecture Hall doors open 6:30 PM Artist talk Followed by reception and cash bar Registration required (livestream also available) Signature Artist Lecture: Cannupa Hanska Luger Parking is free ...

Join us in the Biddle Music Building Fountain area as we honor our talented seniors! Enjoy an evening of instrumental and vocal performances that showcase their artistic journeys. Admission is ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

FREE, ticket required. Thu, April 3, 10:30 a.m., Carolina Theatre: Fletcher Hall THE APOLLO (Dir. Roger Ross Williams) chronicles the legacy of New York City’s landmark Apollo Theater, covering the ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Music has for centuries been at the heart of the expression of African descendent people globally. In this panel, the eminent Puerto Rican composer and saxophonist David Sánchez – a ...

May 10 – June 10 Trajectories: Liberated Pathways through Makeup, Photography, and Jewelry, is a multi-media exhibition project that envisions personal and structural trajectories without the shackles of oppression. What ...

Duo Cortona (Rachel Calloway Streisfeld and Ari Streisfeld) will be presenting an evening of music that includes works of Bacewiz, Liberatore, and Waggoner Duo Cortona is a contemporary music ensemble ...

The Israeli Documentary Series presents “Abortion in the Holy Land,” directed by Efran Shalom Danon (Israel, 2024, 70 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles). Abortions in Israel of 2024 are still ...

BEING MICHELLE is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that follows the astonishing journey of a Deaf and Disabled woman who survived incarceration and abuse. Michelle’s trajectory changed when she met ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

The History Hub is pleased to be hosting “AIDS Activism and Queer Care,” with Dr. Keiko Lane. Dr. Lane is an independent scholar, practicing psychotherapist, ACT UP and Queer Nation/Los ...

Join us for a screening of Jackson Garvey’s (’26) short film, Kachna, created during his study abroad with CET Film Production at FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic. Attendees will also ...

The Duke Chapel Choir and the Duke Chorale join forces with Mallarmé Music and the Amalgam Brass for an afternoon of music celebrating American poets and composers, past and present. ...

“Still:Moving” A program of and about silent film by experimental filmmaker and curator Tom Whiteside. Before the development of what we understand to be basic film language in the mid ...

Duke Jazz Ensemble featuring Jeff Hamilton, Drums. Tickets are required and can be purchased at tickets.duke.edu.

Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for a talk and conversation on the ways we remember the past, whether visibly or invisibly, and how memory is a moral enterprise that ...

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Payal Kapadia, 2024, 118 min, France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg, Malayalam and Hindi w/English subtitles, DCP) In a vast, heaving Mumbai that bustles by day and glimmers by night, ...

Stop by this open house to delight in a showcase of pedagogical inventions from board games to improvisation to collage to an assortment of multimodal projects created by Duke Professors ...

Candlelight, darkness, mystical chant, and meditative silence are the hallmarks of Compline, or Night Prayer. The Chapel holds this ancient prayer service on Thursdays during the season of Lent, as ...

Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) is excited to host the March Meetup of Photobook Dummies, a monthly in-person gathering of photobook collectors, creators and enthusiasts that happens in Durham ...

The fifth and final reading in the Solarities series features Nathaniel Mackey and Joseph Donahue, both Duke poets, along with visiting poet fahima ife. Nathaniel Mackey is the author of ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

Join us for a workshop with artist Bz Zhang focusing on their art installation, MAKE AMERICA. Participants will interact with and contribute to the installation. MAKE AMERICA wonders aloud about ...

The Duke Jewish Alumni Network (DJAN) is partnering with the Jewish Book Council to bring notable books, discussions, and author conversations to alumni and friends! The DJAN Book Club, supported ...

Join us for a discussion and book signing with James Robinson. Kelly Alexander will interview Robinson about his new illustrated novel “Whale Eyes,” journalism, disability and getting people to care. ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

This organ demonstration is an opportunity to stop in to hear a Duke Chapel organ or Bösendorfer grand piano played in the informal atmosphere of an open rehearsal. These demonstrations ...

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Can’t Stop Change follows the production team on a road trip across Florida (and the new Florida diaspora) to meet with 14 LGBTQ2S+ artists, organizers, and activists, uplifting their stories ...

How do words make the past appear? In what way does the historian summon bygone events? What is this kind of remembering, and for whom do we recall the dead? ...